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mange
Posts: 2 |
 
Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:56 am |
The below is from Motorola's site. What about the battery save feature? Sorry, I'm going to look in the manual when I get home, at work now. Thanks
From Motorola FAQ:
My battery drains faster than normal.
The battery draining faster than usual could be caused by several things:
*You may be in a weak coverage area which causes the phone to use more power.
*Your battery is new and may not have gone through the charging cycles.
*Your battery is old and you need to replace it.
*If your battery has not been completely discharged, let it discharge fully, until the phone turns itself off, then charge it overnight.
*Turn on the battery save feature and select a slow search frequency.
*You may be using your phone in extreme temperatures which causes the battery life to be reduced at extreme hot or cold temperatures.
Please also note that if an accessory is plugged into the accessory port of your phone, but are not in use, they will continue to draw on the battery.
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mikekay10
Posts: 2959
Service Provider:
Vodafone |
Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:05 pm |
The battery save feature doesn't really do much in my experience. It only turns on keypad lights if the light sensor detects it is dark
To enable SEEM 0032_0001 offset 1D - bit 6: Settings > Initial Setup > Battery Save (1 on, 0 off)
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jocampo
Posts: 6 |
Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:12 am |
But again.
Mike, how do i fix the battery issue?
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mikekay10
Posts: 2959
Service Provider:
Vodafone |
Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:04 am |
If you have done the run down battery, remove and charge overnight with phone off.
You have network speed set to slow and you are not making excess use of internet, java, videos etc
Then there isn't anything else you can do other than change battery and see if that helps.
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jocampo
Posts: 6 |
Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:30 am |
The seller finally accepted re send a new battery. Let's see if that works.
What about a firmware upgrade Mike?
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mikekay10
Posts: 2959
Service Provider:
Vodafone |
Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:55 am |
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It might help - but again these are nowhere near as easy to obtain for CDMA models as GSM
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jocampo
Posts: 6 |
Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:31 pm |
| mikekay10 wrote: | | It might help - but again these are nowhere near as easy to obtain for CDMA models as GSM |
i must correct my last statement.in the second try it worked.but took about 18 hours to full charge.is this still normal? how long will the next charge will take?
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Regenpak
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
V3 Pink
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Well, they all suck don't they? |
Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:25 am |
I did notice something funny with my oldish V3. If I connect it to the original charger it would charge just fine. If I hook it up to a PC's USB port, it would not charge. If I hook it up to a PC with the Motorola Phone Tools installed, it charges just fine. Now the reason I found this thread was that my Motorola charger stopped charging my phone, while my PC (with said tools) charges it right away. First I thought that the cord from my charger was flakey but after some destructive research it turned out to be innocent... Feeding my phone voltage from my lab power supply also won't persuade it to go into charge mode. My battery isn't exactly bad as it tests OK. I'll perform some battery swappery to see if this changes anything as well as try the suggestions above. I'll post my findings... 
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Regenpak
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
V3 Pink
Service Provider:
Well, they all suck don't they? |
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:04 am |
As it turns out all these problems (phone charging from USB but not from wall-wart) are caused by a feature the nice people from Motorola built into their V3 phone. Since the USB socket is used for many purposes (slow/fast charging, data transfer, all kinds of headsets and stuff) they came up with EMU, Enhanced Mini-B USB. This means that you need a special charger, a regular 5V source (like with your MP3 player or a USB cable from a PC without the phone tools/USB driver) won't persuade the phone to charge. No clue why not. In any case, you will need a new Motorola charger.
If you're real handy with electronicks you can also emulate it. Sacrifice a Mini-B USB cord, cut off the plug, remove all the moulded plastic, open the metal shell. Now remove even more plastic and the two data wires. Connect the corresponding pins (#2 & 3) together, find the unused pin #4, solder a 180k SMD (0805, tiny!) to pin #5 (GND), connect a red wire pin #1 and a black one to pin #5. Red is +5V, black GND. Reassemble the plug, wrap with shrink tubing or duct tape, connect it to a power source and plug it into the phone. It should start charging now. Sheesh. BTW- all this is documented in a powerpoint file found with the V3 service manual (see eserviceinfo.com). The first time I found something useful in a powerpoint file 
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jillsabs
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Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:47 pm |
i've had my rzr for a little under a year now and it worked fine until a few days ago. just like that, it stopped charging. the charge light wouldn't show even while the unit was plugged to a charger.
i tried using the charger to my brother's W218 and it charged fine so i immediately bought a new charger the following day. with the new charger, the charge light turned out the first time but it wouldn't go past two bars even after i left it charging the whole night!
after my phone died down, i used the new charger again and it worked fine (going all the way to fully charged) but when i tried using it for the third time, it wouldn't charge again! the charge light would be on but the battery image remained red even after charging it the entire night.
i'm charging it now using the USB cord and it's charging away.
is my razr just "choosy" or was the new charger just a dud?
i'm currently entertaining evil thoughts of just switching my brother's charger with my new charger since i tried it with his phone and it appears to work just fine 
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